The People's Palace and the Winter Gardens were opened to the public on January 22, 1898.

It is a museum that tells the story of the city of Glasgow and its citizens and explores in depth the changes that have gone through in the last two centuries.

At the rear of the museum are the conservatories: a huge Victorian greenhouse that houses a wide range of tropical plants.

Both the Palazzo del Popolo and the Winter Gardens represent a symbol for the city and for its inhabitants, so much so that the park, historically one of the first to be donated to the city in 1450, is still one of the most important heart from the whole community.

In front of the museum is the Doulton Fountain: believed to be the largest terracotta fountain in the world, it was presented to the city by Henry Doulton for the International Exhibition held in Kelvingrove Park in 1888.

The interior of the museum is divided into three floors: starting from the ground floor here is the main hall that connects the entrance doors with the path through the Winter Gardens. Going up to the first floor here in different rooms the most important aspects of life in Glasgow are told.

On the next floor, one wing focuses on working in Glasgow through the daily life of the people who lived here while the other is about what used to be housing, social housing in Glasgow.